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New parents told today how their son was born in a London hotel bathroom after they were turned away from a leading hospital.

George Reggie Eades was delivered by his father - four hours after being told by a midwife that his mother “wasn’t in full labour”.

Instead of hospital drugs and a top clinical team, Michelle Booth took two paracetamol, closed the curtains and listened to hypnotherapy CDs with her partner Richard Eades to relax her.

George’s parents gave their firstborn the middle name of Reg in honour of the acronym of the Radisson Edwardian Grafton.

Ms Booth’s contractions began at 9.30am and the couple caught a taxi from their Hackney home to University College Hospital in Bloomsbury, where she was due to give birth.

At 10.30am, midwives told Ms Booth she was not dilated enough.

Ms Booth said: “I was looked over by the midwife, who said I wasn’t dilated enough and to come back when I was in full labour.

“They said I was in the early stages of labour, but it felt a lot further on.

“Basically, they said there was nowhere for us to go in the hospital.

“I couldn’t face the journey back down the Euston Road and then over all the speed bumps.”

Mr Eades added: “She was in a lot of pain.

“We chose UCH instead of our local hospital as it is a top teaching hospital and because Michelle is a bit older and had some complications early in her pregnancy.

“It was quite depressing to be told you’ve got a long way to go in terms of labour.”

UCH said staff followed Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidelines, but Ms Booth’s contractions were becoming increasingly intense and so Mr Eades dashed out to find somewhere for them to sit it out.

Their closest option was a £150-a-night room at the four-star Radisson Blu Edwardian Grafton about 100 yards across the road.

Ms Booth, 39, an advertising planner, said: “All the staff were brilliant and upgraded us and we joked about room service, and promising them we won’t have a baby.

As Ms Booth buried her head in a duvet to muffle her screams, the couple were told by a midwife on the phone it was “still early days” and her contraction were not close enough.

They used hypnobirthing techniques learned in “excellent” sessions at UCH to reduce the fear of labour in first time mothers.

Ms Booth said: “I was making quite a lot of noise and was worried about getting thrown out of the hotel.

“At 2.30pm I was in the bathroom and I had the urge to push, but thought it couldn’t be the baby.

“The baby came and Richard caught him.

“We were completely elated and there were a few tears.”

Mr Eades, 45, a sound engineer, said: “I phoned reception and said: ‘This is room 239, we’ve just had a baby, would you kindly send some paramedics’.

The duty manager was followed by a paramedic on a pushbike, two ambulances and another six paramedics.

After the umbilical chord was cut, the parents and baby George, who weighed 8lbs 8oz, were driven to UCH as they recovered from the drama on 15 March.

George developed an infection but was discharged about a week later.

Mr Eades said: “The paramedics were amazing and hotel staff were great too, I went back the next day with chocolates as thanks, the manager was very sweet and didn’t charge any extra cleaning costs.”

Ms Booth added: “We are very proud and called him Reggie after the hotel.”

Pat O’Brien, the hospital trust’s clinical director for women’s health, said: “The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists advises that any woman assessed to be in the very early stages of labour, and who is giving birth for the first time, is advised to go home until labour is more advanced, keeping in contact with the hospital by phone to advise on progress. This is perfectly normal.”